Teenager Connor Shirley, who is being hailed a hero after saving his mate from a shark attack in WA's Great Southern, says the suspected great white was as big as his car.

Connor and Luke Pascoe, 17, were spearfishing off Albany's Mistaken Island on Monday when a 5m great white shark bit Luke, prompting Connor to suppress the wound and carry his mate across rocks to safety, before rushing him to hospital.

"I drive a Holden Rodeo which is fairly large, and it was easily the size of my car," he told Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings.

"I was constantly looking back and we were both checking it was not there."

Teenager Connor Shirley, who is being hailed a hero after saving his mate from a shark attack in WA's Great Southern, says the suspected great white was as big as his car.
Connor and Luke Pascoe, 17, were spearfishing off Albany's Mistaken Island on Monday when a 5m great white shark bit Luke, prompting Connor to suppress the wound and carry his mate across rocks to safety, before rushing him to hospital.
"I drive a Holden Rodeo which is fairly large, and it was easily the size of my car," he told Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings.
"I was constantly looking back and we were both checking it was not there."

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